Vaughan Grylls
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| Born |
December 10, 1943 Newark, Nottinghamshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Slade School of Fine Art |
| Occupation | Artist, author |
| Known for | Sculpture, photography |
| Style | Collage/joiner photography |
| Spouse(s) | Polly Powell |
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| Website | www |
Vaughan Grylls is a British artist, photographer, and author. Known for his fine art photography and sculptures, Grylls first received recognition for his 1960s pun-sculptures and, later, for his 1980s photography and panoramic photo collages.
Grylls was the director of Kent Institute of Art & Design before co-founding the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone & Rochester. Grylls has work in various public collections including Unilever, Polaroid and the Arts Council of Wales. Various works of Grylls are part of other public collections, such as the Library of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and University College London. He has continued to work as a photographer and has been represented by Megan Piper Ltd, London since 2012.
Initially trained as a sculptor, Grylls began creating photo collages in 1977. Some of his notable panoramic works include The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem (1979), Site of the Assassination of JFK (1980), and Britain Through the Looking Glass (1984).
Additionally, Grylls has authored four books in the Then and Now series - Oxford Then and Now (2009), Cambridge Then and Now (2011),Singapore Then and Now (2016) and Hong Kong Then and Now (2016).
Vaughan Grylls was born 10 December 1943 in Newark-on-Trent. He attended art schools at Nottingham, University of Wolverhampton, Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Slade School of Fine Art.
In the late 1960s, while attending the Slade School of Fine Art, Grylls gave guided tours of Cambridge to overseas visitors, and after graduating, his first teaching position was at the University of Reading, followed by Homerton College, Cambridge where he taught sculpture.
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